Custodial Treatment: Children

Susan Kramer: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice pursuant to the answer of 13 November 2007,  Official Report, column 145W, on custodial treatment: children, how many children of age  (a) 10,  (b) 11,  (c) 12 and  (d) 13 years were held in custody following incidents of assault in (i) 2004, (ii) 2005 and (iii) 2006.

David Hanson: The following table shows the number of young people from ages 10 to 13 in custody on remand or under sentence whose principal offence was assault as at 30 June in the three years in question. Young people in this age range are accommodated in either a secure children's home or secure training centre. This data has been supplied by the Youth Justice Board.
	
		
			  Number of children aged 10, 11, 12 and 13 years were held in custody (admissions) following incidents of assault in 2004, 2005, and 2006 
			   2004  2005  2006 
			  Age  Remanded  Sentenced  Remanded  Sentenced  Remanded  Sentenced 
			 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 12 8 4 22 3 5 3 
			 13 35 15 24 20 12 12 
			 Grand total 43 19 46 23 17 15 
		
	
	The data includes the following offence types: Assault occasioning actual bodily harm, assault with intent to resist apprehension or assault on a person assisting a constable, common assault, malicious wounding/grievous bodily harm, violence against person, wounding with intent to do grievous bodily harm.